Mac OS X 10.5.7 Update Stall

Software Update successfully downloaded the new 10.5.7 Leopard update. Once complete, Computer needed Restart. After Restart it began to Install the update. Whilst installing it stalled for about 20 minutes, minimum. No advance in the window whatsoever. After about 30 min of no progress, I forced Shut down. Restarted the computer, it went to blue screen, then to Gray, restarted itself again, and eventually landed on the log in screen. Logged in, checked current Version, and it stated the new update. No way was it finished. I then went to the "Go to Folder" in Finder, typed in /Library/Updates and there it was. The entire folder and a Plist. It should have only been the Plist visible. This tells me it wasn't complete. Is it safe to say I should toss the contents in the Trash and download the update from the site directly and attempt again?
Any ideas, advice...please tell. Thank you

Dreaz,
It's a little different this time around and not as intuitive as it should be, here is what to do. Go to:
http://support.apple.com/downloads/MacOS_X_10_5_7_ComboUpdate
and download the update.
After your iMac restarts it may hang on a blue screen, wait about 5 minutes to give it time and then hold down the power button until your machine turns off, then turn it on again and your machine should start, it will re-start 3 times. After that it's fine just log in and have fun. If you are running Safari Beta 4, after you have successfully updated to 10.5.7 run Software Update and install the new Safari Beta 4.
Regards,
Roger

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